Assamacris Uvarov, 1942

Mao, Ben-Yong, Ren, Guo-Dong & Ou, Xiao-Hong, 2007, Two new species of the genus Assamacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 1516, pp. 61-68 : 61

Assamacris Uvarov, 1942

Assamacris Uvarov, 1942: 592 –593; Willemse, 1957: 423. Tenuifemurus Huang, 1981: 69 –70, figs. 21–24.

Type species: Assamacris striata Uvarov, 1942 .

Generic diagnosis. Body medium-sized, surface punctured. Face oblique; frontal ridge only projecting between antennae, indistinct below ocellus; lateral facial carinae weak or at least dissolved in middle. Pronotum cylindrical, anterior margin slightly concave in middle, posterior margin rounded; median carina weak; lateral carinae absent; all sulci distinct. Prosternal spine conical. Brachypterous, tegmina not reaching apex of abdomen. Hind femur narrow, with the upper carina weakly serrate, and ending in a short spinule. Apex of cercus bifurcate in males. Valves of ovipositor without teeth; the lower valves narrow.

Distribution. India, Burma, China (Xizang, Yunnan).